Root Words

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Root word "act" meaning (e.g., "action", "actor")

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To do

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Root word "ego"

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I or self

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Root word "phobia" meaning (e.g., in "agoraphobia")

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Fear

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Root word "aud" (e.g., "audience", "audible")

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to hear

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Root word "bene" meaning (e.g., in "benign" or "benevolent")

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good

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What does the root word "corp" mean, such as in the word "corpse" or "corporation"?

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body

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Root word "gen" meaning (e.g., in "generation" or "generate")

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birth or type

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Root word "lum" meaning (e.g., "luminescence", "illuminate")?

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light

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Root word "sect" meaning (e.g., "section", "insect")?

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part or cut

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Root word "mal" (as in "malevolent" or "maleficence")

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bad/evil